Is Amelia really that bad?

It's a really nice name. It is popular, but is that really a problem as long as you like it?

Also, what's popular across the whole population has much less impact than what's popular among the children your family knows. For what it's worth, my eldest has a name that's outside the top 300, and my youngest has a name in the top 20. We've met two other children with same name as my eldest and not met a little one with the same name as my younger one yet.

It a lovely name.

Popularity also totally depends on where you live. I have twin girls and one of them has what was the most popular girls name the year they born - she never had another in her class the whole way through school, but now has 4 others in her group at uni!

Some of the name suggestions on the MN name board would be outlandish for a pet, let alone a child so don’t take that to heart.

Looks like statistically it was the second most popular girl name on the most recent records (2021) so it’s not rare, but that means lots of people love it! I think it’s a beautiful name

https://names.darkgreener.com/#amelia

It's a lovely name. I don't know a single Amelia. I didn't realise it was that common.

My DD is called Daisy. When I was pregnant it was quite a rare name, I didn’t know of anyone with a child named Daisy.

Turns out I must have been connected to a hive mind as loads of mums from around the same time also called their DD Daisy 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

I still love the name.

Amelia is also a lovely name. It makes me think of the Enid Blyton character Amelia Jane that I used to read as a child 😂

I really wouldn’t worry what other people do. Honestly, you’ll spend your life tying yourself in knots over everything 💐

I have an Amelia. She’s the only one in her class. There are however two Martha’s and two Theodora’s. I really wouldn’t pay attention to what people say on Mumsnet about names being too popular / common.

I have voted YABU as it is a really common name. It's lovely but there are a lot about.

A 20 second google search, came back with this , showing that Amelia was the second most common name in the last year. It's been in the top 10 for numerous years.
There are 2 of them in both my DC's classes

https://www.mumsnet.com/articles/baby-girl-names

I couldn’t possibly say as there were only 40 registered with her name in England, Scotland and Wales in the year she was born. It’s doubled now nearly 12 years later, so still not a name you come across often.

Lol don't worry OP I read that thread and have an Amber which apparently is a 'chavvy name' according to some of the posters.....we really are not 😅. Each to their own 😁.

Fun fact! Emilia and Amelia are actually different names with different etymologies not just alternate spellings of each other 🤓

I'm confused, why would it not be a lovely name? Surely if it's overused that means lots of people like it? I don't really know how to vote because I think YABU but not because it's not a lovely name, but because I'm confused what you're sad about tbh. Amelia is common but it's not exactly Olivia is it. (And Olivia is a lovely name!)

My friend called her DD an unpopular name that sounds quite harsh, something along the lines of Brenda or Shirley. Everyone hated it, but now, well, it is her DD, and the word that brings her to mind. This is true for you with Amelia, so whether other people like it or not, or whether you wish you'd chosen something more unusual, this is now the word that means your DD, and its lovely for that reason. (I also think its pretty. But that's by the by.)

Beautiful name. My DD is Emilia but there were no Amelia/Emilia's at her whole nursery and at school. There is only 1 other kid much older with the name.

I'm in central Scotland and it's not that popular where I am. It seems to get hate in hear as some places it's very popular.

The very popular names here seem to be Grace, Eve/Evie/Eva, Olivia and Emily.

My other daughter has a name that is much more popular here but I still love it. I also don't give a damn about what random strangers think. I often get comments from people saying they've got lovely names.

@TheHeadOfTheHouse

you don’t need to think outside of the box when naming a child

Your child’s name doesn’t need to be unusual op

hth

It’s a lovely name, and from my experience with my children’s classes at school it’s not an overused name at all. Either 0 or 1 Amelias in my children’s classes.

It's a lovely name but it is very popular - obviously because it is lovely. Some people will care more than others about the popularity. Many people who grew up with multiples of their first name in a class at school hated it and want a less popular name for their child. Which is fair enough, not really a verdict on the name itself.

It's lovely and popular. Nothing to worry about.

It is a lovely name. It is popular. Both of these things are true. Being popular doesn't stop it being a lovely name.
I actually only know one little Amelia who goes by Amelia, and one who goes by Milly. I have to admit there was a time when it seemed there was one Isabelle in every sibling pair we met, and that name did start to feel a bit boring, but it didn't stop it being lovely. Bit like Sarah when I was young, six in my year group, three in my class alone, but I still think it is one of my favourite names.
Both my sons have classic names, one of them ended up in a class with a boy who had not just the same first name but also the same middle name, it wasn't an issue though!

It's popular because it's lovely. Some parents are obsessed with choosing a rare name for their children as if it's a badge of honour. Ignore them.

If you love her name that's all that matters.

It's a lovely name. It is popular in terms of the stats (was number 1 for several years) but I actually only know of 1 adult Amelia (Millie) and one about 14 I think (goes by full name) and 2 Emilias (again, one goes by Millie). I don't think there were many in DS's large primary. On the other hand, I hear Arlo absolutely everywhere, I know at least 5. I think there tend to be pockets of certain names and it's hard to predict, you could choose something less common and end up with lots of them in your area. It's luck of the draw.

It has been done to death and does make me think you couldn’t think outside of the box

I'm not convinced that choosing a name for your child is necessarily the right time to 'think outside the box'

This made me laugh. After years of seeing these names all over MN I finally met a real Wren the other day (age 4). Still never met an Ottilie though, I wonder where they all are!

OP, Amelia is lovely, I think it is fairly popular, but not 'overused', it's also classic and pretty and most people are likely to pronounce it correctly without help. It was on our girls names list, but we had boys. I like emilia as well.

lol what a strange response, to be that judgey because someone chose a popular name. “Couldn’t think outside the box” 😂😂what obscure and original name did you give your child?

There's nothing wrong with the name. I do know a little Amelia who goes by Millie.